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Marco Kauffman left his pregnant wife at a neighbor’s house and then went to check on his home. Rowan County sheriff’s deputies say they received a 911 call from someone, thought to be Marco Kauffman, who said he had stumbled across burglars at his home.

Deputies say Kauffman apparently was trying to drive away when someone fired two shots into the back window of his car. One of the bullets struck Kauffman in the head. He was hospitalized but died several weeks later.

Four men were arrested in connection with the case. Two of the suspects were charged with murder.

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